"And it actually took me some time to realize it was an electronic image I was looking at in the viewfinder. A bit embarrasing, but I had to ask the good people from Fujifilm if it was optic or electronic."

A single experience in a basement with florescent lights. Those are not conditions where excessive contrast would be noticed. First looks mean little - you need to wait until he's used it in the field under all sorts of lighting to know how it addresses any of the issues mentioned in this thread.